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April, 2022

• 5 April 2022 12:39 am

  WTI price holds back above $100

  

  West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil rose on Monday on persisting supply concerns as Russian energy sanctions are very much on the table following the Russian forces’ civilian killings in north Ukraine. For a fresh high of the day, at $103.82. WTI spot is up by some 4.5% as White …

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• 5 April 2022 12:30 am

  Knot: To face high inflation, ECB needs gradual but timely normalization

  

  Dutch central bank head and European Central Bank governing council member Klaas Knot said on Monday that the ECB should act in the face of high inflation and that gradual but timely normalization of policy is needed, reported Reuters. High inflation is not entirely due to the supply shock and …

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• 4 April 2022 11:44 pm

  US Shares Advances Despite Geopolitical Fears As US Banks Turn More Bullish

  

  US equities shrugged off geopolitical concerns and advanced on Monday amid outperformance in large-cap tech stocks. Recent Russo-Ukraine war developments raise the risk of an EU embargo on Russian energy imports and peace talk breakdown.But major US banks have been becoming more bullish on the equity market’s outlook. US equity …

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• 4 April 2022 11:35 pm

  USD/CAD Drops Amid Strong Data, Hawkish BOS Survey

  

  Though the latest Business Outlook Survey (BOS), released by the Bank of Canada once per quarter, was broadly interpreted as supporting the case for a faster pace of rate hikes from the BoC in the quarters ahead, its impact on the Canadian Dollar was limited. The USD/CAD pair was last …

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• 4 April 2022 10:17 pm

  Financial Markets Look for Guidance, Why Does Tuesday’s PMI Matter?

  

  The US dollar has reclaimed 99.00 on expectation of strong US Services PMI on Tuesday. A preliminary estimate for the US Services PMI is 58 against the prior print of 56.5. Nearly 80% of the US economy revolves around services, which heightens attention around the US ISM services PMI as …

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• 4 April 2022 9:07 pm

  Fed: To Discuss Balance sheet announcement at FOMC Meeting In May

  

  The release of the Federal Reserve’s latest FOMC meeting minutes on Wednesday will be a key event this week. At that meeting, the central bank raised interest rates as expected. Wells Fargo pointed out the importance of the additional information that will contain the minutes regarding the balance sheet runoff. …

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• 4 April 2022 9:01 pm

  BoC Business Outlook Survey: Q1 indicator dips to 4.98

  

  The Bank of Canada released its latest Business Outlook Survey and the headline indicator dipped back to 4.98 in Q1 2022 from the record high of 5.9 it hit in Q4 2021. The BOS survey was conducted before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a special survey that was conducted in …

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• 4 April 2022 7:02 pm

  BoE’s Cunliffe: Ukraine Crisis will intensify, prolong inflation surge

  

  On Monday, BoE’s Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said that the Ukraine invasion will intensify the prolong the surge in inflation and tighten the squeeze on household incomes. A drop in demand through household consumption and business investment will, to an extent that is not yet clear, be greater than be …

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• 4 April 2022 6:09 pm

  Gold To Remain Supported By Haven Flows

  

  Gold remains firm in the aftermath of another US strong jobs report issued last Friday. News headlines on war crimes and the potential for more sanctions in the context of East Europe’s tensions are set to keep haven flows strong.Hawkish Fed backdrop is increasingly weighing on the upside momentum of …

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• 4 April 2022 5:49 pm

  EUR/USD to retest 1.09 fairly quickly on a sustained push under 1.10

  

  The EUR/USD pair is under strong selling pressure, falling below the 1.10 threshold. Below here, the way is clear for a significant slide to the 1.09 level. Key support at 1.0805 remains vulnerableLast Thursday’s rejection of the upper 1.11s (bearish outside range session) suggests a renewed bear phase for spot …

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• 4 April 2022 5:04 pm

  Currencies Overview: The euro fell, affected by the possibility of new sanctions against Russia

  

  The euro fell on Monday, April 4, after Western powers said new sanctions were needed against Russia following the killing of civilians in Ukraine in what appeared to be war crimes. The euro, which is under pressure due to fears of economic damage from the war in Ukraine, fell 0.4% …

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• 4 April 2022 3:33 pm

  Update: Gold is rising as risk appetite is affected by the Ukraine war

  

  Gold prices rose on Monday, as demand for the safe-haven metal was boosted by the war in Ukraine and risk aversion in broader stock markets, but its gains were limited by a rise in US Treasury yields after strong jobs data in March. And gold rose in spot transactions 0.1 …

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• 4 April 2022 2:50 pm

  Gold prices stabilize as the dollar rises and US bond yields

  

  Gold prices stabilized on Monday, April 4th, with the US dollar and US bond yields rising after strong jobs data raised expectations for a sharp interest rate hike. There was little change in the price of gold in spot transactions at 1922.43 dollars an ounce. US gold futures rose 0.2% …

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